RE: UUNET peering policy

["Gregory Soo" <gsoo () nortelnetworks com>]

Mediaspeak:

Worldcom's Exclusive Peering Club Posts Rules
 http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2674325,00.html
By Max Smetannikov, Interactive Week, January 14 2001 8:19 PM ET 
...The result will likely be a wave of consolidations among smaller access
providers and a codified first and second class of data carriage, industry
experts said...

Interview: Vinton Cerf On Private Peering
 http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2673857,00.html
By Max Smettanikov, Interactive Week, January 15 2001 7:43 AM ET 
...So I hope that when people look at this, they will understand that,
especially in the case of private peering, when two parties have to build
the physical capacity to link together, as opposed to public peering, when
you have capacity going to a public NAP or MAE or what have you, it is even
more clear evidence of cost associated with it. So it helps people
understand the real framework in which Internet connectivity works...


-----Original Message-----
From: smd () clock org [mailto:smd () clock org]
Sent: Monday, January 15, 2001 9:17 AM
To: nanog () merit edu; vixie () mfnx net
Subject: Re: UUNET peering policy

Vixie writes:

| Peering is a business relationship transcending locations.

This is beautifully put, and I couldn't agree more.

Each party sells the other connectivity of essentially unlimited
bandwidth over time, but limited by scope.  The prices for this
service and associated committments to one another are agreed to
be so close that actually exchanging money is unworthwhile.

        Sean.